The BBall Index

Taylor digs up 5 stats that tell the story of the first third of the season. He talks about SGA's Middle Game Talent, Zion's Finishing Talent, Luka's "BBI triple crown", Donavan Mitchell's 3 PT Shot Making, and Durants Overall Shot Making.

Taylor created the dirty work triple crown. It comprises boxing out, screening, and matchup difficulty stats. He created it to highlight players doing the dirty work that contributes to teams winning.

Taylor breaks down Brandon Ingram's game. He uses the box score, analytics, and game tape to highlight his strengths and weaknesses

Taylor explains how LEBRON evaluates players. He gives context about how much a point per 100 possessions is worth. +0 = a top 125 player +1 = a top 75 player +2= a top 40 player +3= an All Star level player +4= an All NBA level player +5= An MVP level player +6= an MVP finalist/winning season

Taylor chats with Saurabh Rane about what's wrong with the Warriors. Saurabh explains who has been playing poorly and the adjustments the team has made to help turn things around.

Taylor, Tim, and Krishna break down the top teams in the NBA in their first ever BBI power ranking.

Taylor, Tim, and Krishna breakdown the middling teams in the NBA in their first ever power ranking.

Taylor, Tim, and Krishna unveil the first ever BBI power rankings. This discuss their process and the end results.

Taylor gives his scouting report on Bam Adebayo using the box score, analytics, and tape study.

Taylor talks to Brenden Nunez about the state of the Kings. Brenden gets the listeners up to speed on the King's season thus far, He explains how their high-powered offense works and who the main drivers are, and he talks about Kevin Huerter's breakout season.

Taylor and Krishna chat with Jackson Frank about who the best player has been in Basketball Index's 7 Defensive roles this season. The seven defensive roles: Point Of Attack Wing Stopper Chaser Helper Low Activity Mobile Big Anchor Big

Taylor and Krishna chat with Philip Rossman-Reich about the state of the Magic. Philip talks about Paolo Banchero's fast start, The Magic's Jumbo lineups, and Wendell Carter Jr's development.

Taylor and Krishna talk to David Brandon about the state of the Thunder. David talks about SGA's breakout season, Lu Dort's ideal role, and Giddy's overall offensive game.

Taylor breaks down Devin Booker's game with the box score, analytics, and game tape. He highlights bookers' strength's as mid-range shooter, and limitations as a defender and playmaker.

Taylor and Krishna unveil the leaders in this season's Playmaking Talent Metric, discuss the 5 players that have improved the most compared to last season, and highlight the league leaders in Passing Creation Volume, Quality, Versatility, and efficiency.

Taylor talks to Matthew Tynan about the state of the Spurs. Mathew gets everybody up to speed on where the Spurs are in their current rebuild, they talk about Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell and their potential as building blocks, and Matthew wraps up the episode with a Jakob Poeltl scouting report for any interested fanbases.

Taylor gives a full scouting report on Karl-Anthony Towns. He uses the box score, Analytics, and game tape to give a complete breakdown his strengths and weaknesses.

Taylor, Krishna, and Mark Schindler looked at the best players this season by offensive role. To simplify things they broke down BBI's 12 offensive roles into on-ball, off-ball, and bigs, and selected their favorite Shote Creator, Movement Shooter, and Stretch Big. Players mentioned Tatum Luka Hield Brook Lopez Keegan Murry Kevin Love

Taylor and Krishna take a look at early box score numbers and try to make sense of what they mean. Krishna explains how padding small sample sizes can help make them more predictive. And they finish up with some obscure trivia.

Taylor breaks down CJ McCollum's game in detail with the help of the box score, analytics, and game tape.

Taylor, Krishna, and Esfandiar Baraheni give their picks for dark horse All-Star and All-NBA candidates. players mentioned: Siakam Brunson Bane Markkanen Mitchell

Taylor, Krishna, and Dan Devine discuss the biggest surprises, correct assumptions, and unanswered questions of the early NBA season. teams and topics covered: -The Blazer's 4-0 start. -The Jazz's hot start. -Why the Knicks look functional. -The Lakers shooting woe's. -Why the Sixers seem out of sorts. -The Wolves' disappointing start.

Taylor talks to Alykhan Bijani about the state of the Rockets.

Taylor and Krishna Char with Chase Hughes about the state of the wizards. -They discuss the Porziņģis and Beal pairing. -Kyle Kuzma's intriguing skill set. -And what this team's ceiling is.

Taylor and Krishna talk with Vivek Jacob and he gets them up to speed on the state of the Raptors. -The overall defensive depth of the team without a defensive star -Vivek explains how Fred Vanvleet's second-half was slowed by injury. -Siakam's jump as a scorer, particularly in the mid-range.